The Great Fauxskin Experiment.
It came, it works, and I couldn’t be happier.
It came: The Tug Ahoy.
It works: He had some physics explanation of how it worked. I believed it, but really, you don’t realize you ingenius the device is until you use it.
I couldn’t be happier: Aside from knowing this is money well-spent, I am now on the long road of uncircumcising.
It’s a pun, really. Uncircumcising. It’s silly to call natural guys “uncircumcised”. Why? The word “uncircumcise” leads us to believe circumcision is the norm. Also, it kinda sounds like someone who was once circumcised, but magically grew a foreskin. But, I digress.
I was circumcised at birth. Do I remember it? Certainly not. If I had not known about The Foreskin, would I even know there was anything missing from my penis? Chances are against it. Does being circumcised bother me? You bet. It amuses me how circumcision is completely glossed over in school. (Not that we should ever trust our public schools.) “Oh, circumcision is when they snip off the foreskin. No biggie.” As if it’s the clipping of a hangnail.
I kinda wish I was a happily circumcised guy. “Oh yeah, I’m glad that was cut off at birth, I heard it hurts more when you get older.” Nevermind the fact that infants are very, very capable of feeling pain. Alas, it does bother me. I recognize that a very personal part of my body was taken from me without my consent.
Infantile circumcision is wrong. However, my vendetta against circumcision is solely limited to infants being routinely snipped without a second thought. My vendetta against society runs deeper. Hey, we all have our causes, our motives, things that drive us. Some of us like dogs. Some of us think women should be treated better. Some of us think we need a tax cut. Me, I think society needs to wise up to the fact that male circumcision is wrong for the same reasons FGM is wrong. (Female Genital Mutilation) I can hear the cries now, “Oh, that’s not the same thing!” You’re right, it isn’t. But, nobody can ever answer the question as for why it’s okay to mutilate boys at birth, and not girls. Something’s definitely wrong with that. I won’t even start on the Jewish issue, because I don’t think religion is ever a good reason to justify anything. It’s a matter of being rational.
Being circumcised bothers me. I feel naked. Something’s missing. I never really questioned why it bothered me how my glans would rub up against my boxers. I just dealed. Forget sensitivity, if it returns, it’ll be a bonus. My prime reasons for desiring a foreskin is to simply have something cover and protect the glans of my penis. It always seemed weird to me how the glans of my penis was always so dry. I never really gave much thought to the fact that I need lotion to masturbate. I never gave much thought to the funny looking skin between my glans and the shaft skin. That funny looking skin is, indeed, my circumcision scar. It’s slightly crooked. I notice, I notice.
So, I guess I decided to stop lamenting and DO something about it. I didn’t even think it would be seriously possible. Surgery was out of the question, no more scapels on my weiner! I probably ran across taping first. (Rolling the skin over the glans and taping it in place.) I don’t even remember when I wandered there. The Tug Ahoy. It seemed ingenius.
In short, I’d place the inner shell over my glans, roll some skin over, and place the outer shell over it. You pull on the strut slightly to secure it. Amazingly, the harder you pull, the more secure it becomes. (For the most part.) Simple physics.
Ha ha, I should get a discount for free advertising.
I went to the post office and retrieved my Tug Ahoy. I took some pictures of it, but I’m lazy. I’ll post one from his website.
And.. it WORKS. It holds in place! I’m wearing it right now. I’ve planned this for a couple months now. I’d buy it at the beginning of the semester, and I could wear it under my clothes through the winter. My goal is to have grown a noticeable amount of skin by my 21st birthday. From what I’ve read, it’s very doable.
Unfortunately, it’s absolutely impossible to get my old foreskin back. Genuine foreskins have cells that are not found on any other part of the body. The foreskin actually has properties similar to that of your eyelids. Try and follow: The blood flow comes from across the skin, rather than from below. Also, both the foreskin and the eyelids function to keep their exposed organs moist and protected from the elements. Also, it’s impossible to get back the erotic nerves the foreskin has. But, I’ll refrain from romanticising about the foreskin further.
What I CAN do is stretch the existing skin so it covers the glans. So, any growth I get really won’t be a foreskin. A play on words, I’ve heard restored growth called a “fauxskin”. I suppose that’s all the intro I need to give. I intend to dictate my progress in OD, and take pictures every week. Ideally, I’ll be able to make a nice gif which will show the skin growing. Freaky, eh?
I suppose now I can move to clarifications. First off, as I said, I don’t specifically have a vendetta against circumcision. I believe people can fuck up their bodies however they want. It’s the fucking up of bodies of those who can’t give consent which really gets to me. Secondly.. Wait, I don’t think I have a secondly. Here, have a nice graphic.
I suppose I’ll put some helpful links for those who are fascinated by me or think I’m full of shit.
http://www.circumstitions.com/
http://www.noharmm.org/
http://www.nocirc.org
Also, just to fend off retorts, here’s a link from the American Cancer Society, regarding circumcision: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2X_Can_penile_cancer_be_prevented_35.asp?sitearea=
- “The current consensus of most experts is that circumcision should not be recommended as a prevention strategy for penile cancer.”
That said, there is no medical reason for circumcision. Saying the foreskin should be removed because guys are dirty is like saying girls should have a hysterectomies because menstruation is dirty. : P I believe I’ve said all I need to say. If you have any questions, as Bush might say, “BRING`EM ON.”
Addendum: http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org/
interesting, i had no idea this was possible..
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hehee….Timmy Timmy Timmy. Have fun making yourself a new fake foreskin. :-p
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I canNOT stop watching that gif. Foreskin goes on, foreskin goes off. *sits, watches, wastes whole day watching* I’m anti circumcision too. Mutilation of babies is not a good thing, thank you very much! You are so interesting. Through your diary and seeing your notes I have learned about the…I can’t remember the name of it now, but it’s this cup girls wear during their period. And now this
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Timmy, you need to be careful. Something like this can mess with the erectile tissue in you unit. Seriously. As crazy as it sounds, I’d google for horror stories. It looks strangely like a pump, and those are bad news. —
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This is a great entry. Very well said. You should send this around for publication..with the borrowed graphics! (with copyright approval of course:) I always wondered how guys with circumcisions could stand to be constantly touched by thier clothes..and seems it IS a matter of ignoring the constant stimu afterall. Maybe thats why some guys my age are non-sexual, too much for too many years.
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And good luck with the tuggy..
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Mister Parliament, I have not heard of any horror stories. Instead, I’ve heard of many success stories, phrasing the man. It’s not a pump. It simply grabs the skin. The erectile tissue isn’t involved at all.
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I agree with you completely. When I got pregnant with our second baby I brought up the Cut Vs’ no cut with my Husband and he was so demanding that it be done , because he has it done. I think that is just about the STUPIDEST reason EVER. I started looking things up and just cried and cried over what I read, and sent Kelly the video of a baby actually having it done. I made him watch it. I ended
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having a miscarriage, but I do think that it is safe to say if we ever do have a boy his foreskin will stay. Its not something that has to be done to be healthy. And its not normal to cut it off. I compare it to cutting off a baby girls clitoris. Its wrong. People crings when they hear that. So why not foreskin? Ugh I could go on and on but good entry Timmy. LOL
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Timmy, you’re gonna f*ck up your tool. And it just might be worth it for the laughs.
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I cant see how this could screw up your penis. Skin is pliable..mutable, and training skin to move and stretch is done for other reasons too, like scar tissue shrinking. It wont be the real foreskin though..but once I knew a guy WITH foreskin that was too tight for his penis and his erection couldnt get out of the skin opening..this was no good either.but not to worry with this tuggy skin haha
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This has been the most fascinating thing I have ever read. Either that or I really need to go to lunch and eat something. But regardless, good luck with this.
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Nice little animation.
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I’m a happily circumsized guy. *nods* I just don’t relate to all of this I guess. Hmm.
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My hubby is still intact. Makes for a more fun romp in my opinion. Much love,
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There’s quite a few sources out there from the view point of Jews against circumscision. Hell, the bible says it’s okay to own slaves and beat your wife, but we don’t (commonly) approve of those things anymore. We should have grown past chopping up our sons, but alas, we haven’t. The things we start to prevent men from wacking off. <3
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I’m finding it amazing that I have never heard of such a thing even though I did my master’s thesis on the evolution of circumcision from Judaism to Christianity….Of course, that was 10 years ago. I’m very anti-circumcision too. I’m sure my son will thank me for it someday! 🙂
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Ryns: Righty right. I hear ya cluckin’. *salutes* I’d say me too again, but I don’t wanna sound like a yes man or something. Heh. Meanwhile I really enjoyed this! I forgot that I didn’t note it. And maybe now I can sleep since I know what that is. I realize why I couldn’t find it now…I put an ‘s’ after “tug.” Doy. Lol. Nitey nite.
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I don’t think my future son(s), if any, will be circumcized either. But, I’m going to read up on it. I don’t want to be a parent who just goes with what the hospital says without being informed myself.
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ryn: throng n. A large group of people…; a multitude. *smile* And yes, Vans do rock. Mine are old and scruffy, but, I’m not getting rid of them either.
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ryn: oh, I don’t know. I don’t think I could run counter to everything a doctor has to tell me. But, I’m going to read up on it, so that I can be more aware. I couldn’t go as extremely anti-hospital as some of the other mothers on here but I (c)
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(c) respect how they choose to give birth/raise their kids. It’s a touchy topic. What color are yours Vans? I have two pairs, purple ones, and boys’ black ones.
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well i never. how nifty. good luck, that’s all i’m going to say. yup. hugs,
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actually you know.. there’s a toy called tugahoy.. my little brother has one, it’s some kind of tugboat deelie. hugs,
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I love science.
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Gliding mechanism? Am I missing something? Huh?
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ooh i couldn’t see the pictures before but now i can. niftiness. hugs,
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and i like our Ford minivan! it’s awesome. *huggles her Ford windstar to her* erm yes. i just visited Crazy Horse. *nods* hugs,
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RYN: Ok, gotcha now. Yeah, and when you are working it up. Its fun to look at. Much love,
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*bop*
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you’re a cheesepuff. i’m going to fall asleep now. *collapses into a snoring bundle off fluff* hugs,
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yum cheesepuff. *goes looking for a cheesepuff to eat* hugs,
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You’re gonna post pictures of your dick? I hope you at least put a warning at the top of the entry, or something… I really don’t need to see a guy’s dick, thanks. The illustrations are more than enough.
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Waaaaaaay too much info, there, Timmy.
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Those foreskin pictures are scary. And…yeah.
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Seriously. Those foreskin pictures…man.
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I like my uncircumsized ex…you couldn’t even tell when he was hard. *shrugs* It was cute, it peeked out at me…and then if I was a good girl it’d come out to play… >:)
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Ciaran could never “finish” so I wouldn’t get jealous just yet 😛 Plus he wasn’t…umm…”huge” exactly…nice way of putting it.
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so okay, i’ve got an idea which will make you a foreskin just as sensitive as the original. So, eyelids are made of the same stuff as foreskins, right? Cut off your eyelids, attach em to the tip of your cock with duct tape, and VOILA. Instant foreskin.
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Dude. I love you. {{{{{}}}}} I couldn’t agree more… ~ajaye
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Oh my God. My eyes are burning.
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I COMPLETELY agree with you on the subject. I am trying to convince my husband that it is bad and that if we ever have a boy we are not circumsizing it but he is fighting me! You think that it would be easy to convince a guy this is wrong! I will die before I let my future little boys pee-pee be mutilated!!
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Well, being a woman, yeah, I’ve given some head in my time… Uncircumcised kind of grossed me out. My fiance is circumcised, and so is our son. I never once thought of it as mutilation because they look way nicer circumcised. But, hey! Whatever floats your tugboat 🙂
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sounds like an interesting journey.
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::laughs:: Okay, you’re the first guy I’ve ever heard of that had a problem with being circumsized. I’d have to agree with ~*Willow*~. Circumsized just looks better. It almost looks like a dogs when it’s uncircumsized and the last thing I want to think of with my lover is how their penis reminds me of an animals. And you might want to do somemore research into that. Something that stretches
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(c.) skin of your penis can’t be completely healthy.
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I used to be one of those people that thought an uncircumcised penis was kinda freaky looking, but now, since i married my husband, who has his foreskin in all its glory, I changed my mind. Plus, I have hours of fun, playing with it(yes, i am strange)! I think its horrible to do that to a child just because it looks better.
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I’ve only dated and been with guys who have been uncircumsized, isn’t that strange?
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hmm… interesting… i pretty much hold to my religious beliefs that a boy should be circumsized… but that’s MY opinion. only one of many opinions floating around the general population.
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I’m not saying anything to upset anyone or to get anyone all riled up… I already said it was just my *opinion*. Everyone is entitled to theirs and I wasn’t trying to make you suddenly see that it is right or whatever. However, from this point on, my opinions will be kept to myself.
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devices like this make me grateful I’m uncut! haha
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I just never knew. Hmph.
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See, here’s the thing. The guys I’ve been with haven’t always been circumsized– but the foreskin NEVER flopped all the way over the head, like that. Yeah, there was some loose skin that covered it partially, but…not like in the site photos.
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Anyone who says that circumcision is good because it makes a penis look better are some of the most horrible, most superficial assholes that I have ever heard of. Honestly. “well I think your face would look better without your nose…I think you should cut it off so it isnt so disgusting to look at” it is SUPPOSSED TO BE THERE Gah. Rant.
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Ugh. I’ve seen videos of FGM. What’s sad is that it’s difficult to eliminate because the women are fighting to keep it as hard if not harder than the men.
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And the idea of the penis looking better without a foreskin… weird. I like the look of a little turtleneck on your thingy.
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ah..this is interesting. None of my three are clipped, because as you mentioned: it doesn’t seem right to mutilate boys at birth. Whatever the case, at least they’ll never have to buy a tuggy.
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Wow. I mean, really. Wow.
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that was weird but cool.
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this reminds me all too much about that episode of Friends in which joey is auditioning for a part and his character has to be uncircumsized, but joey IS circumsized. anyway.. in case you havent seen it, monica goes to a lot of trouble to make him “foreskins” out of a variety of lunch meats. hilarious in a twisted way. hopefully you wont ever try and wear ham on your dick. please dont…:P
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wow. i had no idea.
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so, that ‘new’ skin will just stay in place? above the ‘head’ if you will?? ive only had one experience with an ‘uncircumcized’ (damn that word) male….
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A no-circ friend of mine told me that a lot of Jews these days are having bris ceremonies where they ritually prick the foreskin, but don’t cut anything off. Keep the ceremony, keep the foreskin. So, once you grow the skin, does it stay in place over the glans, or will you always need a device to hold it there?
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Well this is fascinating. How did it work for you?
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